Essay/Term paper: The client

Essay, term paper, research paper:  Cliff Notes

1) The main character of my book was Mark Sway. 2)

Mark Sway is a bad little eleven year old boy with a huge

burden on his hands. Mark smokes ciggaretes, uses foul

language, and picks on his little brother, Ricky. Mark grew

up in a trailer, with an abusive father, a mother who is hardly

around, and his little brother Ricky who annoys him plenty.

Mark was a very strong character who did not take anything

from anyone! The trouble Mark ran into with Jerome

Clifford only made him stronger. All he cared about was

protecting his little brother, and his mother. Jerome Clifford

was a heavy set man, who was trying to commit suicide,

because of a dangerous secret he knew. Mark and his

younger brother Ricky, stumbled upon Jerome one day, as

he was trying to commit suicide. Jerome revealed the

dangerous secret to Mark, which made Mark a major target

of the mafia. Mark was pushed around and overlooked, but

as soon as people found out Mark knew this dangerous

secret, they all wanted a piece of him. Mark knew he was in

trouble so he did t! he only thing he knew possible, which

was get a lawyer. The lawyers' name was Reggie Love, a

woman. Mark despised Reggie at first, knowing that a

woman was not capable of fullfilling his needs, like a man

could. Then something happened where Reggie grew on

him, he got more used too her, and he found himself telling

her personal things, spending tons of time with her, and

starting to care for her. She was like the mother figure he

never had. Mark and Reggie were in the tangle of mess

together. Mark realized through the whole ordeal he could

not do everything by himself, he also realized how vulnerable

he was by being independent. Mark and Reggie became

bestest friends, right up to the point where he would have to

leave into the witness protection program. 3) I liked the way

Mark was so rowdy, and uncontrollable. He was so young,

yet so smart and mature. He knew how to protect himself,

and he knew the importance of his family members and

friends, and how important it was too protect them. No

matter what the mafia did to Mark, he made sure his family

was safe first, than he took care of himself. 4) I could not

really find anything I did not like about Mark, I did not like

at the end how he had to relocate into the witness protection

program. Which meant he would no longer be allowed to

see or communicate with his new found friend, Reggie. It

really hurt me when they had to seperate, because even

though they were not related, it was like she was losing her

son, and he was losing his mother. It was a difficult moment

for both of them, I am sure. 5) I would compare myself to

Reggie Love. She is a very intelligent lawyer, who uses her

smarts too outwit even the brainiest. She cares very much

for her clients, especially Mark. She was very willing to give

up her own life to help Mark out, because he meant so much

too her. That is exactly how I am, my friends and family

mean the world too me, and I would give anything to help

them out! I am different in the way that I do not think I

would have had all the courage and strength she did

throughout the book. I mean, I just highly doubt I would

have been able to hang on for that long. 6) The main plot of

the book is about a eleven year old boy named Mark Sway,

who uncovers a deathly secret about the mafia. He confides

everything into his female lawyer, Reggie love. Together they

work to uncover the full truth, and put the bad guys away,

permanently. 7) The two opposing forces are good vs. evil.

Mark is trying to do the right thing, which is protect his

family by concealing the dark secret, and the mafia is trying

to kill him for knowing the secret, which could incriminate

them if he let it out. 8) A: First, Mark is sucked into the plot,

leading him into the mafia's world of lies, and murder. B:

Second, Mark witnesses the suicide of Jerome Clifford,

making it easier for his face to be plastered onto the front

page of every newspaper. C: Third, the mafia finds out

Mark really was with Jerome when he commited suicide,

and that Jerome did, in fact tell Mark the secret behind the

mafia, making Mark a target throughout the book. D: Mark

does not tell the truth to the F.B.I., which makes them very

upset, so Mark gets a lawyer to back him up all the way,

and uncover the truth, before it is too late. E: Mark and

Reggie look for the dead body theirselves, while being

chased by the mafia. 9) The book really could not have

ended any other way. Mark had to leave to go into the

witness protection program, to escape the violence from the

mafia. It was the only way he would be protected. The only

other way was if the mafia did get a hold of Mark, and killed

him and than hunted his family down and murdered them

too, but in some way the police and Reggie would have

figured it out and incriminated them in some way. 10) New

Orleans is where the story takes place. You can tell this

because they talk about the heat, all of the crowds, the

drunks, and they have accents, and talk different. 11) Sights:

people, blood, guns, hospitals, media. Sounds: gunshots,

shouting, foul language, fighting. Smells: blood, death, air,

sweat, fear, ciggarette smoke. Tastes: blood, dirt, hospital

food, fear. Textures: the ground, bedsheets, steel of

weapons. 12) John Grisham, a.k.a. Master of Suspense, has

done it once more! The Client is a powerful novel, a story

based upon a boy who was in the wrong place at the wrong

time. The story takes place in New Orleans, present time,

where the Mafia is a big thing in New Orleans. Mark Sway

and his little brother Ricky are in the woods smoking a

ciggarette, when all of a sudden Mark's life completely

changes. John Grisham takes us into Marks' traumatic

experiences and helps us understand his position and

reasoning for things. As far as weak points go, I could not

find a disappointing moment in the book at all, it grips ahold

of you and will not let go, until you feel the fear inside of you

bubble, and the hot breath of the mafia on your neck. After

writing so many books you'd figure Mr. Grisham would be

out of ideas, but The Client is another best seller. With its

"edge of the seat" story plot, gripping effects, attention

grabbing scenes, there is no way you can just stop turning

the page! s! The characters in this story have such extreme

detail, that you feel as if you have known these people all of

your life, and the way Grisham writes his books, makes you

feel as if you are right inside the plot itself! I give both

thumbs up too John Grisham for doing it once again!